The FNV trade union has started a register for healthcare staff who have developed long Covid, which they suspect may affect thousands of frontline workers. The public health institute RIVM estimates 238,000 healthcare workers caught the coronavirus. According to the FNV, most of the long Covid reports they have received come from people who work in nursing homes or as home nurses.
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